Today we drove up into Sequoia Nat'l Park ... "up" is the definitive word. The elevation change for our trip today was just over 6000 feet up ... and then down again. The "General's Highway", which we entered on includes 130 curves and 12 switchbacks in 16 miles ... I didn't count them, but read the facts and believed it. Quite an experience ... I swear I saw the back of our truck on one turn it was so tight.
Giant Sequoia Nat'l Park and the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountains are the only location in the world where this tree species...